Stop dragging your feet, WVDEP! Update the Water Quality Standards and Protect Public Health!

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Take Action to protect public health and improve Water Quality Standards in West Virginia!

The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) is reviewing its Rules Governing Water Quality Standards (47CSR2), and we need your input to ensure the protection of our public health.

Every three years, states must review and update water quality standards in a Triennial Review process. WVDEP kicked off this process in 2022. If you remember the 2019 Triennial Review process, you helped us get about half of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) 96 Human Health Criteria recommendations passed. Now its time for the other half!

Submit Your Comments Now: Send your comments to WVDEP, urging them to adopt the remaining Human Health Criteria during the 2022 Triennial Review. The EPA recommends adopting 41 human health criteria for some of the most toxic chemical pollutants, several of which are currently in use and discharged into our waters.

WVDEP is accepting public comments until March 4, 2024. To submit public comments, you can:

Comment online through WV Rivers’ Action Alert tool NOW.
Email WQSComments@wv.gov.

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ATTN: Dawn Newell, Water Quality Standards, DWWM at WV Department of Environmental Protection

Subject: Support for Adopting Additional Human Health Criteria in Water Quality Standards

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I am writing to urge WVDEP to adopt an additional 41 Human Health Criteria in the Rules Governing Water Quality Standards (47CSR2). The recommendations made by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in their letter dated February 1, 2022, are crucial for ensuring the well-being of our communities and the protection of our water resources. Specifically, I urge WVDEP to update our water quality standards to include the human health criteria for the following chemicals: • 1,1,2-Trichloroethane • 1,2,4,5-Tetrachlorobenzene • 1,2,4-Trichlorobenzene • 1,2-Dichloropropane • 1,2-Diphenylhydrazine • 1,3-Dichloropropene • 2,4,5-Trichlorophenol • 3,3′-Dichlorobenzidine • 3-Methyl-4-Chlorophenol • Acrolein • alpha-Endosulfan • Benzidine • beta-Endosulfan • Bis(2-Chloro-1-Methylethyl) Ether • Bis(2-Chloroethyl) Ether • Bis(2-Ethylhexyl) Phthalate • Bis(Chloromethyl) Ether • Chlorodibromomethane • Chlorophenoxy Herbicide (2,4-D) • Chlorophenoxy Herbicide (2,4,5-TP) [Silvex] • Dinitrophenols • Endosulfan Sulfate • Endrin Aldehyde • Heptachlor Epoxide • Hexachlorobutadiene • Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) • Hexachlorocyclopentadiene • Hexachloroethane • Isophorone • Nitrobenzene • Nitrosodibutylamine (2002) • Nitrosodiethylamine (2002) • Nitrosopyrrolidine (2002) • N-Nitrosodimethylamine (2002) • N-Nitrosodi-n-Propylamine (2002) • N-Nitrosodiphenylamine (2002) • Pentachlorobenzene • p,p′-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDD) • p,p′-Dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE) • trans-1,2-Dichloroethylene (DCE) • Zinc (2002) Inclusion of these chemicals in our water quality standards is essential to safeguard public health. DEP must impose stringent limits to reduce our exposure to these toxic chemicals in our waters. I trust that WVDEP will prioritize the well-being of our communities and adopt these recommended criteria during the 2022 Triennial Review without further delay. Thank you for your attention to this critical matter.

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